@article{4a407e98384947c084d37e9f1aa9462f,
title = "The hornwort genome and early land plant evolution",
abstract = "Hornworts, liverworts and mosses are three early diverging clades of land plants, and together comprise the bryophytes. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the hornwort Anthoceros angustus. Phylogenomic inferences confirm the monophyly of bryophytes, with hornworts sister to liverworts and mosses. The simple morphology of hornworts correlates with low genetic redundancy in plant body plan, while the basic transcriptional regulation toolkit for plant development has already been established in this early land plant lineage. Although the Anthoceros genome is small and characterized by minimal redundancy, expansions are observed in gene families related to RNA editing, UV protection and desiccation tolerance. The genome of A. angustus bears the signatures of horizontally transferred genes from bacteria and fungi, in particular of genes operating in stress-response and metabolic pathways. Our study provides insight into the unique features of hornworts and their molecular adaptations to live on land.",
author = "Jian Zhang and Fu, {Xin Xing} and Li, {Rui Qi} and Xiang Zhao and Yang Liu and Li, {Ming He} and Arthur Zwaenepoel and Hong Ma and Bernard Goffinet and Guan, {Yan Long} and Xue, {Jia Yu} and Liao, {Yi Ying} and Wang, {Qing Feng} and Wang, {Qing Hua} and Wang, {Jie Yu} and Zhang, {Guo Qiang} and Wang, {Zhi Wen} and Yu Jia and Wang, {Mei Zhi} and Dong, {Shan Shan} and Yang, {Jian Fen} and Jiao, {Yuan Nian} and Guo, {Ya Long} and Kong, {Hong Zhi} and Lu, {An Ming} and Yang, {Huan Ming} and Zhang, {Shou Zhou} and {Van de Peer}, Yves and Liu, {Zhong Jian} and Chen, {Zhi Duan}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank P. R. Crane, S. Ge, D.-Y. Hong, J.-L. Huang, J.-J. Qin, Y.-L. Qiu, J.-C. Villarreal, T. Wan and X.-Q. Wang for useful advice and discussions and L. Zhang for providing plant pictures. We dedicate the paper to Yang Zhong in memory of his support and valuable suggestions on this project. This work was supported by Sino–Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS International Research and Education Development Program (SAJC201613), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB31000000 and XDA19050103), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSF 31590822), Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. Y.V.d.P. acknowledges support from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under European Research Council Advanced Grant Agreement 322739–DOUBLEUP. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, The Author(s).",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/s41477-019-0588-4",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "6",
pages = "107--118",
journal = "Nature Plants",
issn = "2055-026X",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.",
number = "2",
}